Davey Martinez has talked at length about the work Carter Kieboom did over the winter and early in Spring Training since arriving at Spring Training, and Kieboom himself shared some of the details of the training he did this offseason after allowing the wrist injury which had ended his 2020 campaign to heal up. Neither of them mentioned the fact that Kieboom had apparently undergone LASIK surgery in the offseason.
In a Zoom call with reporters earlier this month, Washington Nationals’ hitting coach Kevin Long mentioned that Kieboom, the 23-year-old, 2016 first round pick, underwent the procedure after he struggled at the dish during 2020’s 60-game COVID season, going 20 for 99 with one extra base hit, a double, 17 walks, and 33 strikeouts in 122 PAs.